The last Pond
The last Pond The last Pond Chapter 1 Bad News Kenny and Grandfather sat together on the porch. They could hear the frogs singing in the pond behind the fence. "Have the frogs sung every summer?" Kenny asked Grandfather. "Every summer," Grandfather told him. "Every year." Kenny loved the pond. It was part of a wetland area where waterbirds lived. Dragonflies buzzed in the grass and wild ducks swam. But tonight Grandfather had bad news. "Big changes are coming," Grandfather told
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The last Pond
The last Pond
Chapter 1 Bad News
Kenny and Grandfather sat together on the porch.
They could hear the frogs singing in the pond behind the fence.
"Have the frogs sung every summer?" Kenny asked Grandfather.
"Every summer," Grandfather told him. "Every year."
Kenny loved the pond.It was part of a wetland area where waterbirds lived.Dragonflies buzzed in the grass and wild ducks swam.
But tonight Grandfather had bad news.
"Big changes are coming," Grandfather told Kenny.
"What kind of changes?"
"As more people come to live here, they’ll need more houses and more roads."
Kenny was surprised. "Where will they build them?" he asked.
Grandfather pointed. "Out there," he said.
Kenny's heart sank."Out there" meant the wetland where the pond was.It was where the frogs sang on summer nights.
Kenny couldn’t imagine summer without the frog chorus.
Noisy trucks and earthmovers came to the wetland.They dug into the earth and drained the water.Roadmakers built a new road right through the middle.
Kenny watched as, one by one, the birds flew away to find a new home.
Soon the area was deserted.It was the saddest thing he’d ever seen.
